The following engagement letter and report of factual findings are for illustrative purposes only. The
engagement letter and report of factual findings will need to be varied according to individual
requirements and circumstances.
Illustrative Engagement Letter for an Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagement in Relation to
Requirements of the Money Services Business Act 2011
To the Board of Directors of ABC Sdn Bhd
TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT (“TOE”) IN RELATION TO REQUIREMENTS OF THE MONEY SERVICES
BUSINESS ACT 2011 FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 20XX FOR ABC SDN BHD
(“THE COMPANY”)
This letter is to confirm our understanding of the terms and objectives of our engagement and the
nature and limitations of the services that we will provide. Our engagement will be conducted in
accordance with the Malaysian Approved Standard on Related Services, ISRS 4400 Engagements to
Perform Agreed-Upon Procedures Regarding Financial Information.
We have agreed to perform the following procedures and report to you the factual findings resulting
from our work:1.
Obtain and check the computation of the monthly minimum capital funds balances
computed by the management from the monthly unaudited trial balance of the Company
for the financial year and compare the capital funds balances to the minimum capital
funds requirement as prescribed under the Money Services Business (Minimum Capital
Funds) Regulations 2011 and Money Services Business (Minimum Capital Funds)
(Amendment) Regulations 2012 to report any instance of noncompliance.
2.
Obtain a written representation from the management of the Company on the
designated bank account(s) during the financial year for the purpose of remittance
business and compare name of the designated bank account(s), name of account holder
and account number to bank statement(s).
3.
Obtain the monthly outstanding customers’ monies for making remittance to or on behalf
of customers’ from the Company’s designated remittance bank account(s) for the
financial year, and compare the total to the balance in the related liability account(s).
For amounts which did not agree, obtain reconciliations from the Company. For
reconciliations obtained, trace the clearing of outstanding customers’ monies to the bank
statement(s) of the subsequent month.
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4.
Select XX 1 sample remittance transactions from the Company’s list of all outward
remittance transactions during the financial year and check settlement by tracing these
transactions to the designated remittance account(s)2 not later than the next business day
by agreeing to the remittance account bank statement(s).
5.
Select XX1 sample withdrawals of customers’ monies from the Company’s designated
remittance bank account(s) for the financial year and check that withdrawals are made
in accordance with Section 37(3) of the Money Services Business Act 2011(“the Act”).
6.
Select XX1 sample deposits of customers’ monies from the Company’s designated
remittance bank account(s) for the financial year and check that deposits are made in
accordance with Section 37(4) of the Act.
The procedures that we will perform are solely to assist you in complying with the auditor’s reporting
requirements of the Act. Our report is not to be used for any other purpose and is solely for your
information. The procedures that we will perform will not constitute an audit or a review made in
accordance with the Malaysian Approved Standards on Auditing or Malaysian Approved Standards
on Review Engagements and, consequently, no assurance will be expressed.
We look forward to full cooperation with your staff and we trust that they will make available to us
whatever records, documentation and other information requested in connection with our
engagement.
Our fees, which will be billed as work progresses, are based on the time required by the individuals
assigned to the engagement plus out-of-pocket expenses. Individual hourly rates vary according to
the degree of responsibility involved and the experience and skill required.
Please sign and return the attached copy of this letter to indicate that it is in accordance with your
understanding of the terms of the engagement including the specific procedures which we have
agreed will be performed.
RELATED SERVICES
Audit & Co
Acknowledged on behalf of ABC Sdn Bhd by
(signed)
Name and Title
Date
1
The sample size agreed with the Board of Directors should be sufficient to represent money services business
transactions occurring during the financial year from 1 January XX to 31 December XX (or the period under
review, where relevant).
2
Under certain circumstances or business practices, the outward remittance transactions may have been prefunded or the remittance companies may have existing net-off arrangements with their foreign counterparts.
Where such circumstances or business practices are noted in the performance of this procedure, they are
required to be reported accordingly.
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Illustrative Report of Factual Findings for an Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagement in Relation to
Requirements of the Money Services Business Act 2011 Referring to Procedures Contained in an
Engagement Letter
To the Board of Directors of ABC Sdn Bhd
AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES IN RELATION TO REQUIREMENTS OF THE MONEY SERVICES
BUSINESS ACT 2011 FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 20XX FOR ABC SDN BHD
(“THE COMPANY”)
We have performed the procedures set out in our Terms of Engagement dated XX and enumerated
below.
Our engagement was undertaken in accordance with the Malaysian Approved Standards on Related
Services, ISRS 4400 Engagements to Perform Agreed-Upon Procedures Regarding Financial
Information. The procedures were performed solely to comply with the auditor’s reporting
requirements of the Money Services Business Act 2011(“the Act”) and are summarised as follows:-
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1.
We obtained and checked the computation of the monthly minimum capital funds
balances computed by the management from the monthly unaudited trial balance of the
Company for the financial year and compared the capital funds balances to the
minimum capital funds requirement as prescribed under the Money Services Business
(Minimum Capital Funds) Regulations 2011 and Money Services Business (Minimum
Capital Funds) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 to report any instance of noncompliance.
2.
We obtained a written representation from the management of the Company on the
designated bank account(s) during the financial year for the purpose of remittance
business and compared name of the designated bank account(s), name of account
holder and account number to bank statement(s).
3.
We obtained the monthly outstanding customers’ monies for making remittance to or on
behalf of customers’ from the Company’s designated remittance bank account(s) for the
financial year, and we compared the total to the balance in the related liability
account(s). For amounts which did not agree, we obtained reconciliations from the
Company. For reconciliations obtained, we traced the clearing of outstanding customers’
monies to the bank statement(s) of the subsequent month.
4.
We selected XX3 sample remittance transactions from the Company’s list of all outward
remittance transactions during the financial year and checked settlement by tracing these
transactions to the designated remittance account(s)4 not later than the next business day
by agreeing to the remittance account bank statement(s).
See footnote 1.
See footnote 2.
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5.
We selected XX 5 sample withdrawals of customers’ monies from the Company’s
designated remittance bank account(s) for the financial year and checked that
withdrawals are made in accordance with Section 37(3) of the Act.
6.
We selected XX5 sample deposits of customers’ monies from the Company’s designated
remittance bank account(s) for the financial year and checked that deposits are made in
accordance with Section 37(4) of the Act.
We report our findings below:a.
With respect to item 1, we found the capital funds balances from the monthly unaudited
trial balance of the Company for the financial year met the minimum capital funds
requirement as prescribed under the Money Services Business (Minimum Capital Funds)
Regulations 2011 and Money Services Business (Minimum Capital Funds) (Amendment)
Regulations 2012.
b.
With respect to item 2, we have obtained a written representation from the management
of the Company on the designated bank account(s) during the financial year for the
purpose of remittance business as follows : Bank account bearing name of account
holder ……………….., number ……………….. of ………………... (Alternatively, if
there are many designated bank account(s) during the financial year for the purpose of
remittance business, this may be listed in an Appendix to the Findings Report)
c.
With respect to item 3, we found the amount agreed, or with respect to amounts which
did not agree, we found the Company had prepared reconciliations and that all
outstanding customers’ monies were cleared in the subsequent month’s bank
statement(s) with the following exceptions:
(Detail of exceptions)
d.
With respect to item 4, we found the XX5 sample remittance transactions from the
Company’s list of all outward remittance transactions during the financial year were paid
into the designated remittance account(s) not later than the next business day by agreeing
to the remittance account bank statement(s).
e.
With respect to item 5, we found the XX5 sample withdrawals of customers’ monies from
the Company’s designated remittance bank account(s) for the financial year were made
in accordance with Section 37(3) of the Act.
f.
With respect to item 6, we found the XX5 sample deposits of customers’ monies from the
Company’s designated remittance bank account(s) for the financial year were made in
accordance with Section 37(4) of the Act.
Because the above procedures do not constitute either an audit or a review made in accordance
with the Malaysian Approved Standards on Auditing or Malaysian Approved Standards on Review
Engagements, we do not express any assurance on the compliance with the requirements of the Act.
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See footnote 1.
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Had we performed additional procedures or had we performed an audit or review in accordance
with Malaysian Approved Standards on Auditing or Malaysian Approved Standards on Review
Engagements, other matters might have come to our attention that would have been reported to you.
Our report is solely for the purpose set forth in the second paragraph of this report and is not to be
used for any other purpose or to be distributed to any other parties.
[Auditor’s signature]
[Date of the auditor’s report]
[Auditor’s address]
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